Editor’s Note: This article inaugurates a new Raging Chicken Press series by the same name: Smashing Apples. This series will focus on the ongoing attacks against public education from kindergarten through higher education both in the Pennsylvania region and across the country. Two weeks ago, …

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is currently on strike. Here’s a background video documenting some of the forces they’re up against. Yes, these are the people with whom Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel is standing shoulder-to-shoulder. Keep up with the latest developments at CTU Strike Central, “Like” the CTU …

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Labor History in Two Minutes brought to you by the Rick Smith Show

On this day in
Labor History the year was 1933. The nation was
in the grips of the Great Depression. Long bread lines
formed each day in major cities across the nation with at least one in four
people out of work. The crisis deepened
as the Dust Bowl ravaged US farmland crippling farmers and limiting food
production.&nbs […]

“The most important word in the language of the working class is
‘solidarity.’” Those inspiring words were spoken by labor leader Harry Bridges, who
died on this day in Labor History the
year was 1990. &nbs […]